strategy
Playing Monopoly is not such a trivial pursuit
Games are politics you can touch, says Tim Clare, and a well-designed boardgame can provide a critical experience of society’s systems
All to play for
Board games especially – dating back to at least 3000 BC – have never been idle entertainment but help boost the memory and teach valuable strategic skills
The pretend war: bombing Isil won’t solve the problem
Britain, France and America are in a protracted fight against Islamic radicalism. Pity our leaders have no idea how to win it
Military action against Isis needs a coherent strategy. . . . here it is
Military action against Isis needs a coherent strategy, says a former senior commander in the British army
The Unbeaten vs the Unbeatable
The Kaiser’s war deprived Britain of her centenary celebrations of the victory at Waterloo. It also set the propagandists something…
Cannon and ball
David Crane on an old soldier’s account of a 200-year-old battle that will never fade away
